>                                   Mon Nov 19 20:09:32 2001
>                                                makoto@ki.nu

Rob> when ( in my case) hd:12,/bsd can't be found.  At this point, i can type
Rob> away, and have no problem booting hd:12,/netbsd.  
....
Rob> keys durring bootup.  I still am presented with a "Enter pathname..."
Rob> prompt to which i cannot respond.

It seems to me very consistant with my symptom.
I would suggest running netbsd.GENERIC_MD.gz again to get install shell 
and make link /bsd -> /netbsd at installed partition.
(ln /mnt/netbsd /mnt/bsd )
This is to avoid typing at Boot: prompt.

If you type anything at Boot: prompt, you may have something like
adb0 at obio offset 0x16000 irq 47: 0 targets
instead
adb0 at obio offset 0x16000 irq 47: 3 targets
which should be normal.
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Makoto Fujiwara
http://www.ki.nu/software/NetBSD/iBook2/